Face/Off
This program brings together several film duos, exploring the unique dynamics of face-to-face encounters. These interactions can take the form of a chase, a direct confrontation, a tense meeting behind closed doors, or a spectacular final showdown. Antagonists, doubles, adversaries, or alter egos: these are all troubled relationships that unite and tear apart the protagonists, between fascination and aversion.
Castor Troy, a notorious terrorist, ends up in a coma following a confrontation with Sean Archer. This CIA agent then has Troy's face transplanted so that a member of his family can entrust him with the location of a bomb. The situation becomes more complicated when Troy wakes up from his coma and in turn has Archer's face transplanted.

John Woo
John Woo is a Hong Kong film director known as a highly influential figure in the action film genre. The recipient of various accolades, he is regarded as a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films and the gun fu genre in Hong Kong action cinema. He is known for his highly chaotic "bullet ballet" action sequences, stylized imagery, Mexican standoffs, frequent use of slow motion and allusions to wuxia, film noir and Western cinema. He is known for his collaborations with actor Chow Yun-fat in five Hong Kong action films, including A Better Tomorrow (1986), which made Chow a box-office superstar in Asia, The Killer (1989), and Hard Boiled (1992). He has also directed martial arts films, and action comedies. Hard Target (1993), starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, was his first American directorial debut, and the first major Hollywood film made by a Chinese director. His other Hollywood films include Broken Arrow (1996), Face/Off (1997) and Mission: Impossible 2 (2000). His first Chinese-language feature since 1992, Red Cliff (2008-2009), broke the Chinese box office record previously held by Titanic in mainland China. Woo is the creator of the comic series Seven Brothers, and the founder and chairman of the production company Lion Rock Productions.
